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San Francisco Uber drivers get cyclist awareness training (+ video)

Cycling group estimates series of videos will be seen by tens of thousands of drivers

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Camden police to copy West Midlands close-pass initiative

Approach has been hailed as ‘best cyclist road safety initiative ever’ by Cycling UK

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Police seek road rage cyclist after fight with Uber driver

Unclear what precipitated the incident

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Car-free days coming to London?

Mayor looking into traffic-free days as well as pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

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Five per cent increase in London cycling in a year

Latest report from Transport for London shows more than 15,000 cyclists using two new Cycle Superhighways in peak hours

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South Gloucestershire Council builds unsafe cycle path (+video)

Auditors said path should not be constructed until planned subway was built and in use

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Bristol cyclists call for more time to get across new junction

Quite a distance to cross from a standing start

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UPDATED: Sadiq Khan’s office says fears over London’s cycling budget “complete nonsense”

"Cycle spending could fall off a cliff," warned assembly member after quizzing mayor at City Hall

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Kate Hoey may have instigated hospital’s costly legal campaign against floating bus stops

Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Trust has spent over £10,000 opposing cycle lane plans

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How long do you have to cycle in London before effects of pollution outweigh benefits of exercise?

Rather a lot

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Motor giant Ford moves into the bike-share business (+ video)

Ford GoBike coming to San Francisco as company adapts to changes in ways people move around cities

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Positive consultation response to proposed changes to King’s Cross gyratory

Two-thirds express support for introduction of new cycle facilities

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US city to replace ‘share the road’ signs with ‘bikes may use full lane’ ones

Signs treat cyclists ‘less like potential hazards and more like the legal road users that they are’

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Sadiq Khan gives go-ahead to completion of North-South Superhighway amid overwhelming support

Similar levels of cycling expected to those seen on hugely popular southern section of route

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Edinburgh Council agrees to create West to East cycle link – but doubts still remain over exact route

Two options still on table for Roseburn segment of route

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Chase of thief who stole bike from Rapha Cycle Club posted to Strava

Chase climaxed with kamikaze kick and ‘odd CX dismount rugby tackle’

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Towns on US-Mexico border plan shared bike path

Twin cultural centres would be linked by cycle route across a bridge

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Video: Close-passing driver becomes enraged by cyclist who taps his car

Warning: Footage of Kingston road rage incident contains plenty of strong language

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Edinburgh cyclist rides round world on singlespeed bike

Markus Stitz returned to Scottish capital yesterday after year-long, 34,000km journey

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New apartment complex ditches car parks for bike-friendly design + video

The progressive building in Malmö, Sweden, is designed to specifically accommodate bikes as large as cargo bikes for cycle-human cohabitation

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CCTV shows gang mugging teens for their bikes

Police appeal for information

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Video: Driver rear-ends Traffic Droid… proving even hi-vis can’t save you from some people

How could someone not see him?

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Man on Liverpool Citybike breaks Boris Bike ‘hour record’

Raised over a thousand pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support

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Kensington Palace Gardens residents objected to Quietway because “the masses” would compromise their security

Residents of road unwilling to ‘cede its exclusivity and surrender its exclusivity’

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Video: Taxi driver appears to deliberately swerve into delivery cyclist

Tattoo blogger catches by chance the moment a taxi driver careers into the man, knocking him face first onto the pavement

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Uber set to deploy self-driving fleet within two weeks

The app-based ride sharing service is set to jump ahead decades by introducing the first commercial self-driving fleet to roads

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Deliveroo clarifies new contracts – says off-peak pay is not guaranteed

Firm blames internal miscommunication for confusion

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Deliveroo drivers won’t be forced to sign new contract

While Deliveroo tells road.cc both on- and off-peak hour pay is guaranteed, the IWGB Union refutes this, saying drivers are already losing money

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Leatherhead driving instructor wants cycling banned on A24

Not all petition signatories appear to be expressing their support…

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Passers-by blocked road to protect cyclist after collision at Bank junction

Witness refers to volume of construction vehicles at the junction and says ‘it has to change’

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